Kristen Gunther, JF '09, helps pave the way for women in private equity

April 11, 2017

After graduating from U.Va.’s Darden School of Business in 2009, Jefferson Fellow alumna Kristin Gunther took the plunge and entered into the male-dominated field of private equity. Today she has managed to emerge as a leader in her firm and is a vice president at Revolution Growth, where she invests in business ventures valued above $25 million. Recently she returned to Grounds to participate as a speaker at Darden’s annual Private Equity Conference, sponsored by the student-run Private Equity Club.

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation, like its namesake, knows that virtue and talent come from all walks of life. Indeed it is this knowledge that drives the Foundation to search the world over for its recipients.

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